Name: Hub City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 799 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower on 700 to 799 lbs, 800 to 849 lbs not well compared. Heifers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 799 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Another large offering this week with plenty of loads, multiple loads, and packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle to choose from. Very good demand for lighter cattle to go to grass or background, good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Some tag again this week as lot conditions are not drying very much this time of year, yet it is too warm for them to remain frozen. Quality similar to the last few weeks with many attractive cattle on offer, a few more colored cattle this week. An active market with buyers, farmer feeders and replacement heifer buyers in the seats, activity only slightly dampened by a down feeder board again today. Some snow in the area and south today creating some travel issues. Next feeder cattle sale is Wednesday, February 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.03/cwt on 4,186 head.

Average price

$255.03

4,186 head · 773 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$437

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$65.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	286.88	1,608	151
Medium and Large 1	775	255.23	1,977	3,871
Large 1	925	220.99	2,045	164

One grade step is worth $65.89/cwt here — about −$437 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4,186 hd

255.03

—

SD average8 barns · 20,726 hd

260.17

−5.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · Hub City Livestock Auction - Aberdeen, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	1,057	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	2,249	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	248.14/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,707	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	280.76/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,811	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	664	265.89/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,766	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	224.05/cwt	220.00–232.00	2,066	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	293.72/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,856	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	247.50/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,933	606
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	294.86/cwt	289.00–312.50	1,436	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	216.11/cwt	208.75–223.00	2,083	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	307.25/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,757	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	267.55/cwt	255.00–273.50	1,900	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	328.13/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,362	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	340.45/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	237.75/cwt	226.00–245.00	1,966	746
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,728	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,739	21
Heifers	Large 1	—	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	83
Heifers	Large 1	—	602	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,397	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,321	31
Heifers	Large 1	—	770	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,617	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,699	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,528	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	224.44/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,748	409
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	222.54/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,529	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	238.56/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,419	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	218.65/cwt	213.75–225.50	1,791	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	252.53/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,717	371
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	224.94/cwt	208.00–231.00	1,941	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	755	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,857	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	301.17/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,572	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	964	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	271.96/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,542	59
Steers	Large 1	—	1,016	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,174	60
Steers	Large 1	—	738	234.01/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,727	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	273.87/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,452	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	229.87/cwt	220.50–240.00	1,671	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	723	243.57/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,761	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	267.59/cwt	257.00–278.00	1,646	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	232.73/cwt	221.00–237.50	2,013	458
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	334.19/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,738	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	2,135.00/head	2,135.00–2,135.00	2,135	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,901	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	284.92/cwt	278.00–296.00	1,926	296

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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